Boys' cognitive skill formation and physical growth: Long-term experimental evidence on critical ages for early childhood interventions

American Economic Review

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 467-471

  Barham, Tania ^a   MacOurs, Karen ^b   Maluccio, John A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b PARIS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

^c MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD NUTRITION; COGNITION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOOD ASSISTANCE; GOVERNMENT; GROWTH; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; NICARAGUA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; FOOD ASSISTANCE; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NICARAGUA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 84879077706     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.103.3.467     Document Type: Conference Paper

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